San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-23
EDITORIAL BREVTTIES

SHERMAN'S star was III tue arcehuh"t
while IN Havana or those bandits " ould
have gobbled him up. lie this pro-
phecy that John shall also escape the
attacks Of the bandit democracy In 1888
and return safely to the national capt.
tai?
The Missouri courts are snatChing
those Bald-KnObbers bsld-heGded. Some
of them are quite likely to be provided
with skull caps at the states expense.
The Farmers Alliance Of Bexar cOun-
ty have a very passable idea Of the
general fitness Of some special things.
The Times and the Express do not
present that picture of milleneal hsrmo-
nv that is so devOutly to be desired
among democratic brethren OF the press
In this day OF la la and tstfy.
SUING milllOnaires for breach Of prom
ise is not so very Improbable an indus
try. The young widow Moore. who
sued Mark Hopkins for S25l 900. has re-
covered S75, 900 at Redwood City. Col.
The boom IL on and the man who has
no corner lots In an embryo metropolis
Is lonesome and the light of life burns
dim in his dwelling. He will recover
lOlE ko bfEBiuS ~
cents on the dollar as at present held.
The Pennsvlvsnis train men, the
Chicago boOdlers, and the Bald Knob
bers OF Missouri seem to be running
race for penitentiary accommodations.
The KnObbers are mailing altogether the
best time, and the high walls are already
In sight.
FLORIDA revels in her dead lock and
now has four OF kind instead OF two.
BlOxhsm and Perry head the list with
twenty. five votes each. PascO follows
with twenty and the republican brings
up the rear with nineteen. Even this is
much better showing for the republl-
cans than Texas made.
IT lie 3 blessed good thing that the
drouth regions have received good
drenching In some sections. In other
sections the rain has not come, and even
II it had it would not put meal in mans
barrel for weeks TO come. The help that
is asked for by the relief committee is
needed, and is needed now.
WHEN the blessings of Christianity In
the case OF Queen KspiOlins' subjects are
under consideration IL should not be for
gotten thar since the country was opened
to intercourse with Christian nations the
mas hltuO-N hil tlNt VIZ CIV tlle
TO the diseases entRiled by European
habits and vices.
1T Is very evident that ChicagO's new
republican mayor. Roche, is not OF the
Carter Harrison stripe. His promise to
make the city safe residence for peace
able citizens and visitors and an uncom-
Portable place for rOgues will, If carried
into effect, so change the order fittings
that Carriers old ballWick won't know
itself.
SOME years since poet Laureate Tenni-
son remarked to Mrs. Gil hrist, that
when he ceased to sell rs poet he
would start the "TennysOn Biscuit" as
speculation. Since the jubilee ode fell so
fiat from his lips. the critics are remind
ing him of his promise. They forget,
however, that TennisOn sells the public
more than ever and so keeps within the
letter of his promise.
The unsettled condition of settled
things is aptly Illustrated in the con-
trOyersy still going on between the two
dsnOcrat journals of this city concern
ing the award OF the city printing made
some time since. The LIGHT made the
lowest bid, did not get the contract, can
stand 1t II the taxpayers can, and has
no more 10 say on the subject.
The will of millionaire Palms. of De-
tTOit, has been declared void by the
court. The movement made in some OF
the states for law permitting the pro-
bate OF wills during the life OF the tes-
tatOr, would save all the breaking OF
wills, but 1t would be mighty rough on
the lawyers. What right has a man TO
say what shall be done with his proper
~ after he is through with il anyway?
1t should then belong to his heirs, to be
divided among them according 10 the
law of inheritance.
The country in general, sympathizes
with Charleston, $. c., in her disap-
pOintment that JEFF Davis could not at
tend the unwilling OF Cslhoun's mOnu-
ment in that city. If there is still left,
IN all the wide realm of public service
or action, any one thing that Jefferson
Davis Of the late cOnIederaCy can con-
sistenly do, that thing would be the I'M
yelling of a monument to the memory
Of the original SeCessiOnist, in the city
which fired the first gun at the old flag
which represents American union and
nationality. 1t is a matter OF sincere re-
greet that JEFF cannot go. The OpDOrtU-
nifty for a great historical picture is thus